Why using distutils.core.setup requires Python sources ?

June 14, 2006
6:59 a.m.
I don't understand why distutils.core.setup needs Python sources (a missing Makefile on my distro). I did not found in the mail archives. Could you explain me ? Thanks.

June 2006
12:47 p.m.
At 03:59 PM 6/14/2006 +0200, Jérôme Bouat wrote:
I don't understand why distutils.core.setup needs Python sources (a missing Makefile on my distro).
I did not found in the mail archives.
Could you explain me ?
Because the Makefile contains configuration options for how Python was built, and these options are read by the distutils.
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